Government troops began house-to-house searches for Al Qaeda in Iraq militants in Mosul on Thursday, part of a major security operation to cleanse Iraq's third largest city from cells of the terror network. Source: FOXNews.com | 15 May 2008 | 2:46 pm
The death toll from the cyclone in Burma could wind up climbing to between 68,833 and 127,990, the Red Cross said Wednesday, as the United Nations warned that a second cyclone was forming in the region. Source: FOXNews.com | 15 May 2008 | 2:40 pm
Breweries from California to New York are proving they can make some of the best suds in the world. And they're not just copies of the old European originals. While American craft brewers have proven themselves no slouches at styles such as pilsners, pale ales and stouts, they've also created some of their own, often bold styles. Source: Digg | 15 May 2008 | 2:24 pm
(Kyodo) _ Mangrove forests that have disappeared from parts of Myanmar's coast in recent decades, if left intact, could have reduced the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis, which killed Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 May 2008 | 2:21 pm
Reuters - Arab League mediators brokered a deal on
Thursday to end Lebanon's worst internal fighting since the
civil war, political sources said, after the U.S.-supported
government backed down in its conflict with Hezbollah.
The House defied a White House veto threat and voted overwhelmingly for a five-year, $306 billion farm bill Wednesday, the same day that U.S. officials told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that sharp increases in food prices could soon swell the ranks of the world's hungry by a hundred million people.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Arab League mediators brokered a deal on Thursday to end Lebanon's worst internal fighting since the civil war, political sources said, after the U.S.-supported government backed down in its conflict with Hezbollah.
Yahoo Sports ran a story a few days ago about Bonnie Richardson, a junior high school track and field athlete, who won the state 1A team championship for Rochelle High school--by...
AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama accused President Bush on Thursday of launching a "false political attack" with a comment about appeasing dictators.
Researchers at Marquette University say they have developed a first-of-its kind computer program that can measure bite characteristics. They say their work could lead to a database of bite characteristics that could narrow down suspects and lend more scientific weight to bite-mark testimony. Source: Digg | 15 May 2008 | 2:15 pm
WENCHUAN, China (Reuters) - The death toll from China's massive earthquake could soar to more than 50,000, state media reported on Thursday, as rescuers struggled to help survivors and hope faded for the thousands buried under rubble.
A billionaire investor announces he will fight to oust the present board of directors at Yahoo. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 May 2008 | 2:09 pm
Pakistan is switching to daylight saving next month to help reduce the effects of power shortages. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 May 2008 | 2:09 pm
Lebanese opposition movement Hezbollah says it wants to return to the situation before its recent battles with government. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 May 2008 | 2:07 pm
LUOSHUI TOWN, China - China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a public appeal today for rescue equipment...
A decision has not yet been made on possible disciplinary action against a Novi magistrate who suggested to an underage drinker that he commit suicide. Novi District Court Judge Brian MacKenzie said Wednesday his office still is looking into comments made April 10 by Judith Holtz... Source: Digg | 15 May 2008 | 2:06 pm
Thousands of Mac fans and technology geeks are expected to descend on Boylston Street today for the 6 p.m. opening of Boston's first Apple Store, the largest in the country.
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CBS Corp. agreed to buy online technology news and entertainment company CNet Networks Inc. for about $1.75 billion, expanding its access to the burgeoning Internet ad market. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 15 May 2008 | 2:05 pm
A 31-year-old man who was sent to prison as a teen-ager for the senseless stabbing death of a Dartmouth High School student has been granted parole and will soon be set free.
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(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING 6TH GRAF) Greenpeace Japan filed a criminal complaint Thursday with prosecutors against 12 crew members of a whaling ship, alleging that they embezzled a large... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 May 2008 | 2:05 pm
HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber disguised in a burqa blew himself up in a bazaar in western Afghanistan on Thursday, killing six police and 12 civilians, officials said.
The Canadian Autoworkers and General Motors tentatively agreed to a new labor contract on Thursday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 May 2008 | 2:02 pm
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Children in Myanmar may be forced to attend school in relief camps and tents because 85 percent of the educational buildings have been destroyed or damaged in a cyclone-ravaged region, the U.N. said Wednesday.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:19 ... | 15 May 2008 | 2:02 pm
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military government said on Thursday its cyclone relief effort was moving along swiftly even as foreign powers warned of starvation and disease among up to 2.5 million people left destitute by the storm.
When the Army's 82nd Airborne Division dedicated a memorial to paratroopers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, organizers believed three sides of a wide granite column would be plenty of space to engrave the names of the fallen. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 May 2008 | 2:01 pm
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will tell Israel's parliament on Thursday that letting Iran acquire nuclear weapons would be an "unforgivable betrayal of future generations".
A week of unrest may have ended in Lebanon after the government's agreement to reverse key policy aimed at reigning in the militant Hezbollah group. But it was another victory handed to a group labeled by the U.S. as terrorist.
Chinese state media has raised the official death toll from a devastating earthquake to 19,500, but cabinet members in Beijing are now predicting that number could quickly climb to as many as 50,000.
CBS Early Show anchor Harry Smith spoke with one of the American travelers who was trapped for three days in a remote, mountainous area of central Sichuan province near the Wolong Nature Reserve after the earthquake hit.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Billionaire corporate raider Carl Icahn announced plans Thursday to launch a bid to replace the board of Yahoo, saying the Internet firm had "completely botched" merger talks with Microsoft. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 15 May 2008 | 1:59 pm
FRANKFURT, Germany - The Dalai Lama criticized China's "suppression" of unrest in Tibet and insisted today that the region - with its diverse heritage and rich...
China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment. Source: FOXNews.com | 15 May 2008 | 1:58 pm
The African World Reparations and Repatriation Truth Commission is demanding that the United States pay $777 trillion in slavery reparations. Could our next President possibly...
US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has been endorsed by former rival John Edwards. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 May 2008 | 1:55 pm
AP - Media and entertainment company CBS Corp. is buying CNet Networks Inc., an online news and information provider, for $1.8 billion in cash in its latest bid to expand its reach on the Internet, the companies announced Thursday. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 15 May 2008 | 1:55 pm
Firefighters made major gains against a wildfire that has charred thousands of acres along the Atlantic coast as police questioned a man seen tossing a Molotov cocktail into nearby woods.
(Kyodo) _ The Tokyo High Court rejected Thursday a request by prosecutors to detain a 54-year-old British man who has been acquitted by a district court of the charge of smuggling... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 May 2008 | 1:54 pm
Maverick oilman T. Boone Pickens has placed a $2 billion bet on wind power in just the first of a four-phase project to build the world's largest wind farm in Texas. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 May 2008 | 1:52 pm
JERUSALEM - President Bush feted Israel today in honor of the 60th anniversary of its founding and predicted that its 120th birthday would find it alongside a Palestinian...
A mother bear and her young cub stopped traffic and caused panic Thursday in central Romania after they roamed through gardens in search of food and finally climbed the stairs of a 4-story building and broke onto the roof. Source: FOXNews.com | 15 May 2008 | 1:51 pm
The death toll from China's massive earthquake could reach more than 50,000, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday, quoting rescue headquarters.
Newly released financial disclosure forms for President Bush suggest that the value of his and his wife's assets remained about the same in 2007 from the previous year. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 May 2008 | 1:50 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) The survivors of this week's massive earthquake continued to struggle Thursday without water or electricity in southwestern China's Dujiangyan, one of the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 May 2008 | 1:48 pm
WASHINGTON - Case closed on Camera-gate?
Not so fast, says Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.).
After speaking to former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh on Tuesday, Specter...
AP - A line of drenching thunderstorms moved across the state from west to east Thursday after record rainfall caused flooding in water-logged parts of Louisiana.
TAIPEI, May 15 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH PLANE'S ARRIVAL) Taiwan's first-ever direct humanitarian aid flight to mainland China arrived in the country's Sichuan Province as the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 May 2008 | 1:44 pm
Sure you want to save gas, but there's a lot of bad advice on how to do it. Some of it makes no difference, and some of it can wind up costing you. Source: Digg | 15 May 2008 | 1:42 pm
JERUSALEM (AP) -- President Bush feted Israel on Thursday in honor of the 60th anniversary of its founding and predicted that its 120th birthday would find it alongside a Palestinian state and in an all-democratic neighborhood free of today's oppression, restrictions on freedom and extremist Muslim movements.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:19 ... | 15 May 2008 | 1:39 pm
AP - President Bush feted Israel on Thursday in honor of the 60th anniversary of its founding and predicted that its 120th birthday would find it alongside a Palestinian state and in an all-democratic neighborhood free of today's oppression, restrictions on freedom and extremist Muslim movements.
Scotiabank report says Canadian housing boom is ending, but there is no ‘major correction' in the cards; construction activity still high by historical levels, CMHC reports
CANNES, France - Fur might be a politically incorrect fashion statement on the red carpet at the world's most-prestigious film festival. Not when you're the star...
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING LATE GAMES) Pinch-hitter Shinjiro Hiyama hit a game-tying two-run double and Norihiro Akahoshi singled in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning as the Hanshin... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 May 2008 | 1:36 pm
Italian police arrest hundreds of suspected illegal immigrants in raids across the country. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 May 2008 | 1:36 pm
NEW YORK (Reuters) - CBS Corp said on Thursday it would buy web media company CNET Networks Inc for about $1.8 billion to boost the television broadcaster's reach across the Internet.
The rescue effort in China has turned toward helping those who survived Monday's earthquake and retrieving bodies from the rubble. Now, the safety of the area's dams is in question — in particular, Zipingdu dam, a staging point for relief efforts that is upstream from a city of a half-million people.
LUOSHUI TOWN, China (AP) -- China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:19 ... | 15 May 2008 | 1:29 pm
AP - China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster.
Reuters - Indian police probed on Thursday
whether Indian Islamist groups or Bangladeshi infiltrators were
behind bombings in a popular Indian tourist city that killed 61
people this week, but made no major arrests.
AP - The nation's industrial output plunged in April, reflecting big cutbacks in autos and other manufacturing industries. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 15 May 2008 | 1:29 pm
JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - Indian police probed on Thursday whether Indian Islamist groups or Bangladeshi infiltrators were behind bombings in a popular Indian tourist city that killed 61 people this week, but made no major arrests.
Previously unknown Islamic militant group claimes to have carried out deadly bombings in the historic Indian city of Jaipur by planting bicycles packed with explosives on the city's crowded streets, police said. Source: FOXNews.com | 15 May 2008 | 1:29 pm
Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Thursday he believes the Iraq war can be won within four years, leaving a functioning democracy there and allowing most U.S. troops to come home.
(Kyodo) _ India has offered $5 million to China for its relief activities for the victims of a massive earthquake that hit Sichuan and neighboring provinces on Monday, the Indian foreign... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 May 2008 | 1:28 pm
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Hezbollah's deputy leader said Thursday that the militant group will return things to normal in Lebanon after the government reversed key decisions that triggered days of bloody conflict.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:19 ... | 15 May 2008 | 1:27 pm
Cox Communications appears to be interfering with file-sharing by its Internet subscribers in the same manner that has landed Comcast Corp. in hot water with regulators, according to research obtained by The Associated Press. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 May 2008 | 1:25 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH REACTION FROM MYANMAR DISSIDENTS IN BANGKOK) Myanmar's military government on Thursday said voters overwhelmingly endorsed a military-backed draft... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 May 2008 | 1:25 pm
"Memory is the scaffolding upon which all mental life is constructed."-GF Memory enables us to learn, make sense of the present, and contemplate the future via exploiting information from our past. The “scaffolding” is fragile and often flawed. Not a surprising claim since we are all prone to forgetting birthdays, names, and the such...... Source: Digg | 15 May 2008 | 1:19 pm
Barack Obama says President Bush launched a "false political attack" in remarks that appeared to imply the Democratic presidential candidate would appease dictators. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 May 2008 | 1:18 pm
After the saddle slipped from underneath jockey Anna-Katharina Bromann, her mount Schattenlady crashed into the safety rails, unseating the jockey. She then went on to perform a dramatic somersault, to the amazement of race-goers. And amazingly, both horse and jockey emerged from the acrobatics unscathed. Source: Digg | 15 May 2008 | 1:17 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) The Chinese government said Thursday that more than 50,000 people are feared dead in the wake of last Monday's devastating earthquake in the country's... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 May 2008 | 1:14 pm
Homicide bomber wearing a burqa attacks police patrol at a crowded market in western Afghanistan, killing at least 12 people and wounding 27 others, officials said. Source: FOXNews.com | 15 May 2008 | 1:14 pm
Many analysts believe current record oil prices are a result of speculation and are certain to head lower. But others say they see no reason to expect a price crash.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING DETAILS) Japan will send Senior Vice Foreign Minister Hitoshi Kimura to cyclone-hit Myanmar on Saturday along with extra aid and will press the ruling junta to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 May 2008 | 1:09 pm
More than 2 million U.S. teenagers have suffered a serious bout of depression in the past year, including nearly 13 percent of girls, according to a federal government survey released on Tuesday. Source: Digg | 15 May 2008 | 1:08 pm
France rejects a request for asylum by the ousted rebel leader of the Comoran island of Anjouan. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 May 2008 | 1:04 pm
Michael Oreskes, editor of the International Herald Tribune and a longtime news executive for The New York Times, has been named by The Associated Press to the new position of managing editor for U.S. news. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 May 2008 | 1:01 pm
Legendary Hollywood press agent Warren Cowan, who represented such stars as Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman and Frank Sinatra, has died. He was 87. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 May 2008 | 1:01 pm
The central bank issues a 500m Zimbabwe dollar banknote, worth US$2, to try to ease cash shortages. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 May 2008 | 1:00 pm
The purchase will vault CBS into the top 10 Internet companies in the United States.
CBS Corp., playing the white knight in a Web-publishing proxy fight, this morning said it agreed to buy CNET Networks Inc., the Internet news and entertainment company, for $11.50 per share, or about $1.8-billion in cash.
China's government fears more than 50,000 people may have died in the Sichuan earthquake, state media say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 May 2008 | 12:50 pm
When starships transporting colonists first depart the solar system, they may well be headed toward a Google-discovered planet as their new home. Source: Digg | 15 May 2008 | 12:46 pm
A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 15 May 2008 | 12:45 pm
BRUSSELS (AFP) - The worst of the financial sector crisis is over although the impact on the broader economy will likely drag on in coming months, IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Thursday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 15 May 2008 | 12:44 pm
Chinese doctors amputated a teenage girl's crushed legs on Thursday, the only way they could pull her alive from the wreckage of her school three days after an earthquake flattened swathes of the country's southwest.
It would have meant more in February or March, but the former rival's endorsement for the Democratic presidential nomination was welcomed nonetheless by a politician eager to turn the page.
YINGXIU (AFP) - China said Thursday that over 50,000 people had likely died in the devastating earthquake that hit its southwest as time runs out to save survivors buried in the rubble of broken communities. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 15 May 2008 | 12:40 pm
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber wearing a burqa attacked a police patrol at a crowded market in western Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 27 others, officials said.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:19 ... | 15 May 2008 | 12:38 pm
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas recalls his people's "suffering", as they mark Israel's creation 60 years ago. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 May 2008 | 12:29 pm
Tennis legend Billie-Jean King says the retired Justine Henin should be regarded as the best player in the modern women's game. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 May 2008 | 12:23 pm
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's junta warned Thursday that legal action would be taken against people who trade or hoard international aid in the aftermath of this month's devastating cyclone.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:19 ... | 15 May 2008 | 12:19 pm
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Thursday he believes the Iraq war can be won within four years, leaving a functioning democracy there and allowing most U.S. troops to come home.
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (Reuters) - Former U.S. presidential candidate John Edwards endorsed Democrat Barack Obama on Wednesday, giving a major boost to the Illinois senator's effort to unify the party behind his bid for the White House.
A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 May 2008 | 11:58 am
Hezbollah's deputy leader Sheik Naim Kassem says the group will "return things" to normal after the government reversed key decisions that had triggered days of conflict. Source: FOXNews.com | 15 May 2008 | 11:44 am
China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. Rescue workers cleared key roads to the epicenter in the race to find survivors.
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Palestinians marked the 60th anniversary of their uprooting with rallies, sirens and black flags Thursday - an annual ritual that turned even darker this year because of crippling internal divisions, diminishing hopes for independence and the stark contrast to Israel's all-out birthday bash.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:19 ... | 15 May 2008 | 11:07 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Government troops began house-to-house searches for al-Qaida in Iraq militants in Mosul on Thursday, part of a major security operation to cleanse Iraq's third largest city from cells of the terror network.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:19 ... | 15 May 2008 | 11:02 am
The sale also broke auction records for work by pop artist Robert Rauschenberg who died Monday.
A three-panel masterpiece by Francis Bacon broke a record for contemporary art auctions Wednesday, selling for more than $86 million after three bidders vied for it, a spokeswoman for the auction house said.
After Microsoft withdrew its bid for Yahoo, it's been reported that billionaire Carl Icahn bought 50 million shares of Yahoo. Apparently, he wants to see the two companies merge, and he has even launched a proxy contest to get rid of Yahoo's entire board of directors.
Barack Obama hit the campaign trail in Michigan on Wednesday. That's where former rival John Edwards endorsed Obama for the Democratic Party's nominee. It was the Illinois senator's first campaign visit to Michigan this year. Obama didn't compete in the state's January primary that was outlawed by the National Democratic Party for violating party rules.
President Bush is in Israel to celebrate the country's 60th anniversary. He is using a speech to the Israeli parliament to reiterate his position that Iran must not be allowed to attain nuclear weapons.
Two top female athletes — tennis player Justine Henin and golfer Annika Sorenstam — this week announced that they're retiring. Henin, who is ranked No. 1 by the World Tennis Association, said Wednesday that she is ending her career at the age of 25. Co-host Steve Inskeep talks to Christine Brennan, sports columnist at USA Today, about the surprising departures of two high-profile figures in women's sports.
The earthquake earlier this week in Southwestern China caused the collapse of a middle school that trapped hundreds of students. The school was expanded from two stories to four, which may have contributed to its collapse. Residents of the town think some of the blame goes to local officials, who they say are corrupt.
Violence between Hezbollah and pro-government forces erupted last week in Beirut and nearby mountain villages. In the aftermath, the government is taking stock of its political influence against Hezbollah in the region, while the citizens bury their dead.
NEW YORK (AFP) - "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping," a nude by artist Lucian Freud, sold for more than 34 million dollars (22 million euros) in New York, becoming the most expensive work ever by a living artist. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 15 May 2008 | 9:37 am
A previously unknown Islamic militant group claimed responsibility Thursday for bombings that killed dozens in this historic Indian city by planting bicycles laden with explosives on crowded streets, police said.
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Visiting US President George W. Bush vowed on Thursday to support Israel in battling "terror" groups, a day after a rocket fired from Gaza wounded 14 people and triggered warnings of retaliation. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 15 May 2008 | 9:20 am
A suicide bomber wearing a burqa has killed 15 people in a crowded market in western Afghanistan as the U.N. accuses American special forces of taking part in "absolutely unacceptable" raids in which civilians have been killed.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US government has listed polar bears as a threatened species owing to a drastic reduction in Arctic sea ice, but insisted the step did not mark a policy shift to attack global warming. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 15 May 2008 | 8:46 am
The Red Cross estimates that the cyclone death toll in Myanmar could be as high as 128,000 - a much higher figure than the government tally. The U.N. warned a second wave of deaths will follow unless the military regime lets in more aid quickly.
LIMA, Peru (AP) -- European and Latin American leaders gathering for their fifth summit in a decade this week plan to tackle climate change, high food prices and poverty.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:19 ... | 15 May 2008 | 8:22 am
During a visit to Israel, President Bush on Thursday criticized the tactics of extremist groups like al-Qaida, Hezbollah and Hamas and said it would be 'unforgivable' if Iran were allowed to obtain nuclear weapons.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday warned Colombia not to allow a U.S. military base on its border with Venezuela, saying he would consider such an act an "aggression."... Source: AP Top International News At 10:19 ... | 15 May 2008 | 7:26 am
President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday warned Colombia not to allow a U.S. military base on its border with Venezuela, saying he would consider such an act an "aggression." Source: FOXNews.com | 15 May 2008 | 7:06 am
Jacqueline Seabrooks says the officers were reacting to a rapidly evolving situation when they fired rounds into a car.
Inglewood Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks again expressed condolences Wednesday to the family of an unarmed man killed and another wounded by police officers in a shooting that she said was prompted by the actions of an unidentified gunman and resulted in "a very tragic outcome."
The initiative would punish water wasters and limit such activities as watering lawns and washing vehicles. And it would revive a controversial effort to recycle sewage water.
With vital and often-distant water sources shrinking, Los Angeles officials today will revive a controversial proposal to recycle wastewater as part of a plan to curb usage and move the city toward greater water independence.
New robes go with the bareheaded look to be introduced in civil courts in October. But many in the legal profession would like to keep the 300-year-old tradition of horsehair wigs.
Britain has always been a place where, if someone asks, "Why?" and the answer is, "Because we've been doing it that way for the last 800 years," the conversation is pretty much over.
Finding strength in faith, Anne Hjelle is determined to recover after she was mauled while mountain biking in a wilderness park.
A young woman walked into a restaurant last week and sat close enough to get a good look at Anne Hjelle's face. A mountain lion had torn off the left side four years before, leaving it hanging by a flap of skin. Six surgeries hadn't camouflaged the scars.
With reports of troop reductions and increasing prisoner swaps with Islamic militant groups worrying Western leaders about the new Pakistani government's commitment to the fight against terrorism, the NATO chief is set to pay a visit.
Vietnamese authorities have seized marijuana worth $90 million in the country's biggest drugs haul, police said Thursday. Source: FOXNews.com | 15 May 2008 | 6:04 am
Chinese troops repaired a dam badly cracked by Monday's earthquake, but officials remained concerned about damaged reservoirs in the devastated Sichuan province. The official Xinhua News Agency said the death toll stands at 14,866.
Officials have confirmed that a fire near the U.S. McMurdo Station science base in Antarctica has destroyed a mobile shed and shelter.
The small blue shed on skis, known as +Smurf,; is used to store equipment for maintaining roads... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 15 May 2008 | 4:55 am
MELBOURNE - A popular "over-achieving" young Melbourne actress has been killed by a train while on her way to buy her older brother a birthday present.
Seventeen-year-old Jessica Jacobs tripped on the platform at Cheltenham railway... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 15 May 2008 | 4:29 am
Everyone is paying more for gas, but not everyone in the gasoline business is making money off of soaring prices. Because of credit card fees, which are based on a percentage of each sale, higher gas prices translate into lower profits for gas station owners.
Rescuers arrived for the first time in the epicenter of China's massive earthquake, scouring flattened villages for victims and distributing supplies to survivors. Soldiers were sent to repair "extremely dangerous" cracks in a nearby dam.
CANNES (AFP) - The tragedies of the real world -- the quake that rocked China and the cyclone that devastated Myanmar -- invaded the fantasy world of movies as the Cannes film festival moved into top gear Thursday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 15 May 2008 | 2:34 am
A mobile storage shed at McMurdo Station in Antarctica has been destroyed by fire.
The fire happened on Monday just hours after staff met to discuss fire safety at the American base, The Press newspaper reported.
A small blue... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 14 May 2008 | 10:08 pm
DUJIANGYAN - The death toll from China's deadliest earthquake in decades climbed to nearly 15,000 on Wednesday, as officials warned of calamities downstream from broken rivers and dams strained to bursting point.
Tens of thousands... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 14 May 2008 | 7:53 pm
For the foreseeable future HIV/AIDS will remain an unprecedented economic, social and human challenge for sub-Saharan Africa, the World Bank said, calling the region the epicenter of the disease and announcing a new strategy to fight the epidemic.
Former presidential candidate John Edwards will endorse Barack Obama's Democratic White House bid on Wednesday, a campaign spokeswoman said, giving a big boost to the Illinois senator in his effort to rally the party around his candidacy.
Edwards,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 14 May 2008 | 6:30 pm
The United Nations estimated those affected by the Myanmar cyclone at up to 2.5 million on Wednesday and called an urgent meeting of big donors and Asian states as the Myanmar junta continued to limit foreign aid.
The European... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 14 May 2008 | 6:15 pm
LONDON - Ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife claims she and her husband watched in horror as George W. Bush became US president in 2000, according to extracts of her autobiography published Wednesday.
Cherie Blair said... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 14 May 2008 | 6:10 pm
The children rescued from the bunker below Josef Fritzl's house in Amstetten have created colourful posters to thank local people for their support since they were freed.
The discovery that Elisabeth Fritzl had been locked in... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 14 May 2008 | 6:00 pm
Police officers arrive at the Spanish Government headquarters, in Vitoria northern Spain, Wednesday May 14, 2008 to offer their condolences to the relatives of Spanish Civil Guard, Juan Manuel Pinuel... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 May 2008 | 5:57 pm
In this handout photo released by the Pakistan People party, Asif Ali Zardari, center, widower of Pakistan's slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto talks during a press conference at his residence in Islamabad,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 May 2008 | 5:55 pm
Australian actress Cate Blanchett arrives to the opening night ceremony and the premiere of the film "Blindness" at the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Wednesday, May 14,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 May 2008 | 5:37 pm
YANGON - As frustrated foreign aid workers pleaded to enter Myanmar, one American couple was already ferrying supplies to cyclone victims.
Curt and Cathy Bradner, who have been working on a water treatment project in Myanmar for... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 14 May 2008 | 5:00 pm
President George W. Bush said he quit playing golf in 2003 out of respect for the families of Americans killed in the war in Iraq.
"I don't want some [mother] whose son may have recently died to see the Commander-in-Chief playing... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 14 May 2008 | 5:00 pm
A man who was injured in the Jaipur blasts, mourns the death of his father at the Chandpoll cremetorium. Indian police on Wednesday arrested two men after eight near-simultaneous bombings killed 63 people... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 May 2008 | 4:52 pm
Indian women mourn the death of their relatives in the May 13 serial blasts in Jaipur. Indian police on Wednesday arrested two men after eight near-simultaneous bombings killed 63 people and wounded 216... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 May 2008 | 4:52 pm
An Indian soldier patrols Srinagar. Indian police on Wednesday arrested two men after eight near-simultaneous bombings killed 63 people and wounded 216 in the Rajasthan tourist city of Jaipur, the state's... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 May 2008 | 4:52 pm
Indian police on Wednesday arrested two men after eight near-simultaneous bombings killed 63 people and wounded 216 in the Rajasthan tourist city of Jaipur, the state's chief minister said. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 May 2008 | 4:52 pm
Indian soldiers collect evidence at a blast site in Jaipur. Indian police on Wednesday arrested two men after eight near-simultaneous bombings killed 63 people and wounded 216 in the Rajasthan tourist... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 May 2008 | 4:52 pm
Troops of Pakistani para military force proceed to their check posts in Pakistan's troubled tribal area of Dara Adam Kheil near Peshawar, Pakistan on Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Pakistani authorities and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 May 2008 | 4:48 pm
Pakistani children collects bundles of freshly cut wheat during the wheat harvest on the outskirt of Islamabad, Pakistan, on Wednesday, May 14, 2008. The prices of food items are raised to almost double... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 May 2008 | 4:47 pm
Reuters - Arab League mediators brokered a deal on
Thursday to end Lebanon's worst internal fighting since the
civil war, political sources said, after the U.S.-supported
government backed down in its conflict with Hezbollah.
AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama accused President Bush on Thursday of launching a "false political attack" with a comment about appeasing dictators.
AP - T-Pain's status as urban music's most frequent collaborator helped him nab a leading five BET Award nominations.
Firefighters made major gains against a wildfire that has charred thousands of acres along the Atlantic coast as police questioned a man seen tossing a Molotov cocktail into nearby woods.
The death toll from China's massive earthquake could reach more than 50,000, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday, quoting rescue headquarters.
AP - A line of drenching thunderstorms moved across the state from west to east Thursday after record rainfall caused flooding in water-logged parts of Louisiana.
AP - President Bush feted Israel on Thursday in honor of the 60th anniversary of its founding and predicted that its 120th birthday would find it alongside a Palestinian state and in an all-democratic neighborhood free of today's oppression, restrictions on freedom and extremist Muslim movements.
AP - China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster.
Reuters - Indian police probed on Thursday
whether Indian Islamist groups or Bangladeshi infiltrators were
behind bombings in a popular Indian tourist city that killed 61
people this week, but made no major arrests.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Thursday he believes the Iraq war can be won within four years, leaving a functioning democracy there and allowing most U.S. troops to come home.
Reuters - Divided and angry,
Palestinians mourned Israel's 60th birthday with protests,
sirens and black balloons on Thursday.
Many analysts believe current record oil prices are a result of speculation and are certain to head lower. But others say they see no reason to expect a price crash.
Comment by Reed Hopper Principal Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation
Chinese doctors amputated a teenage girl's crushed legs on Thursday, the only way they could pull her alive from the wreckage of her school three days after an earthquake flattened swathes of the country's southwest.
It would have meant more in February or March, but the former rival's endorsement for the Democratic presidential nomination was welcomed nonetheless by a politician eager to turn the page.
A previously unknown Islamic militant group claimed responsibility Thursday for bombings that killed dozens in this historic Indian city by planting bicycles laden with explosives on crowded streets, police said.
During a visit to Israel, President Bush on Thursday criticized the tactics of extremist groups like al-Qaida, Hezbollah and Hamas and said it would be 'unforgivable' if Iran were allowed to obtain nuclear weapons.